On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> Boris Staeblow once wrote:
>
> > mount should detect that a fd is write-protected and mount it "ro"
> > although no "mount -r" is given... Isn't it possible to detect the w/p
> > status from the fd-controller?
>
> Actually, the existing behavior is rather horrible. If you forget
> to specify ro for a read-only floppy, mount will succeed, but the
> kernel will keep complaining. It will also NOT let you umount the
> damn thing (even with -f), until you take the floppy out and
> write-enable it. Which, sometimes, requires use of duct tape...
>
> -mi
Mount -u -o ro also works.
>
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